Checking out some of Vancouver’s ticketed attractions – the Capilano suspension bridge, and Grouse Mountain – plus some additional wanderings.
Gallery: Vancouver Aquarium
My favourite shots from a visit to Vancouver’s aquarium – the ‘Sea Monsters Revealed’ exhibition, and a wide variety of jellyfish!
Gallery: New York
Highlights from an overnight stop in New York.
Gallery: British Airways Explore and Discover Day
A look behind the scenes at BA engineering.
The Sky Garden London
To the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, for a visit to London’s highest public garden.
Three nights in… Strasbourg
A very green Easter weekend in France – traveling by train, and exploring by bike! Thus justifying a pancake-based diet throughout.
Gallery: Strasbourg
Photo highlights from some of Strasbourg’s varied attractions.
Designpanoptikum
Berlin’s surreal museum for industrial objects.
Two nights in… Berlin
An end-of-week jaunt to Germany’s capital, to check out some architectural curiosities.
Gallery: Berlin
Photos from various tourist stops – and my hotel – in Berlin.
Two nights in… St Helier
A weekend in Jersey’s capital to meet up with some of the Flyertalk BA board (and see if they can drink the island dry of champagne).
Gallery: Vatersay
Photos from a hiking loop of Vatersay.
Vatersay
Enjoying a sunny day on the beaches and machair of Vatersay.
BRR, The beach airport
Photos of Barra airport and the Twin Otter, plus on-board video of landing and takeoff at the beach!
Gallery: Geneva 2013
As an almost-birthday treat (and as part of my Big Win project) I visited Geneva for a Marian Call concert at CERN. Here’s some photographic highlights!
The Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
Burning 90% of my Hilton balance in advance of a devaluation got me just one night at the Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri, a property normally far outside my cash budget. Of course, I then had to build a short holiday around this highlight… So, is it worth it?
Gallery: Rome
Highlights from the tourist trail during my first visit to Rome, June 2013.
Gallery: San Diego
A collection from my visits to San Diego in January 2013.
Gallery: Coronado
A quick visit to Coronado, January 2013.
Gallery: San Francisco
Highlights from my brief visit to San Francisco, January 2013.